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Price hikes and DM sale as Royal Mail battles spiralling volumes

Royal Mail is to launch a new direct mail product next month as part of a range of efforts to promote direct mail in the face of the postal company declining profits.

Clore Duffield £8.2m grants to fund 11 new learning spaces

The Clore Duffield Foundation has announced grants totalling £8.2m to fund 11 creative learning spaces for children and young people across England.

Sector to lose £400,000 from scrapping of tax return tick-box

The scrapping of Self Assessment Donate, the mechanism for giving income tax repayments to charity via the tax return, which was announced in Wednesday's Budget but not given much attention, will see the sector lose around £400,000 a year.

Twestival raises $215,800 in two and a half hours

The 24-hour Twestival Local 2011 event launched yesterday in an international effort to fundraise for local charities, and successfully raised almost $216,000 in its first two and a half hours.

Holy Trinity Monastery launches £2m charitable bond

Nuns at Holy Trinity Monastery have launched a charitable bond to raise £2m to purchase a permanent home for the monastery to grow and expand its charitable outreach work.

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People Powered Change: the ethos underpinning BIG's future funding delivery

Dharmendra Kanani has some big ideas for change. People Powered Change. The director of England for the Big Lottery Fund talks to Celina Ribeiro about the new philosophy that will underpin how the lottery distributor devises and delivers funding in the future.

A good Budget for the arts

With gift aid reform and inheritance tax changes, the arts stand to benefit as a result of this week's Budget, says Christopher Goodheart.

Frontline: Japan doesn't need our help

Andrew Chaggar, a tsunami survivor and head of disaster relief charity European Disaster Volunteers, has been transfixed watching Japan's circumstances unravel, but will not be rushing in to help. Here he explains why...